Budgie (album)

Budgie
Studio album by Budgie
Released	June 1971 & 1991 (re-issue)
Recorded	1970
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	43:41
Label	Kapp Records/MCA
Producer	Rodger Bain
Budgie chronology
Budgie (1971) Squawk (1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
George Starostin	(10/15)[2]
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Budgie is the debut album of British hard rock band Budgie. It was released in June 1971 through MCA Records. The US version on Kapp Records includes "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", originally released as a single and covered by Metallica on their 1987 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited. "Homicidal Suicidal" has also been covered by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. Canadian band Thrush Hermit covered "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" on the album All Technology Aside, included on the 2010 "The Complete Recordings Box Set". The opening track "Guts" as well as "Homicidal Suicidal" can be seen as a precursors to doom metal.

Track listing

All tracks by Tony Bourge & Burke Shelley

1. "Guts" – 4:21
2. "Everything in My Heart" – 0:52
3. "The Author" – 6:28
4. "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" – 8:41
5. "Rape of the Locks" – 6:13
6. "All Night Petrol" – 5:57
7. "You and I" – 1:41
8. "Homicidal Suicidal" – 6:41

Remastered version

The remastered version of Budgie contains these extra tracks:

1. "Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Alternate Mix)"
2. "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (Single Edit)"
3. "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (2003 Version)"
4. "Guts (2003 Version)"

Personnel

• Rodger Bain - Producer
• Tony Bourge - guitar, vocals
• Ray Phillips - percussion, drums
• Burke Shelley - bass, vocals, mellotron
• Ray Dorsey - Liner Notes
• Shepard Sherbell - Design, Photography
• David Sparling - Artwork, Cover Painting

References

1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Budgie - Budgie". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 January 2006.
2. ^ Starostin, George. "Budgie". Starling. Retrieved 2 August 2008.